Lunar Distance

Lunar distance may refer to:

  • Lunar distance (astronomy), the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
  • Lunar distance (navigation), a measurement used in the calculation of longitude.


Famous quotes containing the words lunar and/or distance:

    A bird half wakened in the lunar noon
    Sang halfway through its little inborn tune.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    1946: I go to graduate school at Tulane in order to get distance from a “possessive” mother. I see a lot of a red-haired girl named Maude-Ellen. My mother asks one day: “Does Maude-Ellen have warts? Every girl I’ve known named Maude-Ellen has had warts.” Right: Maude-Ellen had warts.
    Bill Bouke (20th century)